If
you haven't, you should go now! It's an excellent film, but maybe I'm a tiny
bit biased towards it - after all, I'm a sucker for Marvel movies and
super-heroes.
But
we're not really here to talk about Captain America's abs, or how these amazing
fight scenes that left the entire crowd breathless were followed by funny
moments just at the right times, or how incredible Scarlett Johansson was in this.
Everything is in the title, really.
You've
probably all seen the promotional movie posters before, but have you realized
that while all the Male Avengers are shown as aggressive and threatening, Black
Widow, the only Female character of the group, is represented not as a direct
offensive threat... But as a character taking a pose that's closer to a "Look
at how sexy I am." attitude than the "I'm going to beat the
crap out of you" that would be more relevant to her character.
A
talented artist, Kevin Bolks, decided
to mess with this version and reverse it a little bit, making us all realize
what the Marvel producers and marketing team tried to non-so-subtly insert in
this poster.
I
could give you the lifelong speech about "Women's
representation in the media" and whatsoever, but I bet you
already know what I have to say about it.
So
instead, I'll let the images speak for themselves:
Original movie poster.
Kevin Bolk's version.
See what I'm talking about? Yeah. I'll leave you with that and let you think about it for a little while.
Source: Bleeding Cool.
C.
